Poster or display-card.



W. D. ROY.

POSTER 0R DISPLAY CARD.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.30, 1912. RENEWED DEC. 22. 1913.

Patented May11, 1915.

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WADSWORTH 1). ROY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

POSTER OR DISPLAY-CARD.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application filed September 30, 1912, Serial No. 723,111. Renewed December 22, 1913. Serial No. 808,275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVADSWORTH D. ROY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Posters or Display- Cards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel poster or display card used for advertising purposes, and refers more specifically to means for stiffening or strengthening the card at its margins and at its corners so as to give suitable stability to a card of large dimensions whereby it may be supported, without liability of the card warping or sagging.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a face view of a poster or display card embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of one corner thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a plan view of one of the corner reinforcing pieces.

As shown. in the drawings 10 designates the main body of the poster card of vertical and horizontal dimensions equal to the total dimensions of the finished poster. The said body 10 is made of relatively heavy paper board, and is adapted to bear on its front face the subject matter of the sign or other matter to be displayed. The said body 10 is stiffened at its margins by flat, wide comparatively thin side strips 11, 11 and like top and bottom strips 12, 13, respectively. These strips overlie the front face of the body 10 and are pasted or otherwise secured thereto, preferably with their edges flush with the edges of the body 10. Said strips are preferably joined at the corners of the card by the miter joints indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In addition to pasting the reinforcing strips to the card body they may be also nailed or riveted to the body at the corners of the card, as shown at 14, the heads of the nails or rivets lying on the back of the card. The clenched or up-set ends of the nails or rivets, which appear on the front face of the reinforcing strips 11, 12 and 13, are herein shown as, and may The corner pieces are made of thin material preferably of about the same thickness as the body 10. As herein shown, they are made of general L-shape, with the legs thereof overlapping the reinforcing strips 11, 12 and 13, but may be made in other form, it only being necessary that they substantially overlap said strips at the sides of the mitered meeting margins thereof. It will thus be seen that said corner pieces serve as means to reinforce the strips at 1 their meeting ends to constitute, in conjunction with the corners of the body 10, means to bind together the ends of the reinforcing strips 11, 12 and 13 and to thereby stiffen the card at its corners and to afford a reliable connection between the reinforcing strips. In some instancesthe rivets 1% may not be required, the corners of the body 10 and the corner pieces 15 being sufficient to provide and maintain strong and durable corners, inasmuch as both the corner pieces and the corners of the card extend across the mitered joints between the reinforcing strips and are fitted to said strips. In order to further stiffen the card at the corners thereof, I may insert between the card body 10 and the marginal reinforcing strips stiff, L-shaped reinforcing plates 16. These plates are pierced to receive the fastening nails or rivets 1 1, so that the rivets firmly bind to gether the body, the reinforcing plates and the reinforcing strips and produce a very rigid and durable construction at the corners of the card. These reinforcing plates may be made of anysuitable rigid material, such as iron or steel and are preferably flush at their margins with the margins of the card bodyv at the corners thereof. As herein shown, the legs of the L-shaped reinforcing plates are of the same width as the strips 11, 12 and 13. The said reinforcing strips are made of relatively thin material. They do not, and are not intended to constitute a frame to support the poster card in the manner of a picture frame, but are applied to the marginal portions of the card to prevent the card from warping. The device is, therefore, to be distinguished from a frame or stretcher which itself is made sufficiently massive and of a strength to support a sheet or card. The object is obtained, therefore, of providing a poster or display card made of a sheet upon which the display or announcement is printed, and substantially thick enough to support itself in leaning position (in which the poster is ordinarily displayed) and which requires the marginal reinforcing strips only to prevent warping of the card in long continued use and under variation of temperature and moisture. Thus the finished poster occupies but little space in displaying position and is capable of being compactly assembled for shipping and storage. The card is light and attractive and very economical in construction.

I claim as my invention 1. A poster or display card comprising a body sheet of suitable material, marginal reinforcing strips applied to the face of the sheet, reinforcing pieces applied between said strips and body sheet at the corners of the latter, and fastening means piercing said body sheet, the reinforcing strips and reinforcing pieces.

2. A poster or display card comprising a body sheet of suitable material, marginal reinforcing strips applied to the face of the sheet, reinforcing pieces applied between said strips and body sheet at the corners of the latter, fastening means piercing said body sheet, the reinforcing pieces and strips,

, and facing corner pieces applied to the said strips at the corners of the card and secured thereto.

3. A poster or display card comprising a body sheet of relatively stiff material, separate thin, relatively wide and flat reinforcing strips applied to the front face of the sheet at the side, top and bottom margins to prevent warping thereof, reinforcing plates applied between said strips and body sheet at the corners of the latter, fastening means piercing said body sheet, the reinforcing pieces and strips, and facing corner pieces applied to the said strips at the corners of the card and pasted thereto, said reinforcing strips being miter jointed at the corners of the card, and the corner pieces being applied over and concealing the miter joints.

4-; A poster comprising a single thickness body sheet, flat wide marginal reinforcing strips applied and fastened to the face of the sheet at the side, top and bottom margins thereof and supported by said sheet and meeting at their ends in matched relation at the corners of the poster, and of suflicient thickness and strength only to stiffen the card against warping, whereby the poster is reinforced about its margins to support the same in leaning position, and corner pieces applied to said strips and extending across the meeting matched ends thereof at the corners of the sheet to further reinforce the body sheet and the strips at the corners of the poster and to hold the matched ends of the strips together.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 21st day of September A. D. 1912.

' WADSWORTH D. ROY.

Witnesses:

G. E. DOWLE, W. L. HALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained'for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,i1):0; 

